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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration yesterday advised its staff to review potential hazards for musculoskeletal disorders related to patient and resident handling, bloodborne pathogens, workplace violence, tuberculosis and falls when inspecting hospitals and nursing homes in…
The AHA and its Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate are surveying hospitals through July to catalog their efforts to improve hospital discharge transitions as part of Project ACHIEVE, a study funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to evaluate the effectiveness…
A Health Research & Educational Trust video on preventing dialysis-related infections through patient engagement has won the grand prize in the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Film Festival. The video is part of an Agency for Healthcare Research and…
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 that subsidies can continue for the purchase of health insurance for qualified individuals in the 34 states where the federal government operates health insurance exchanges.Plaintiffs in the case King v. Burwell had challenged the validity of the subsidies,…
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs today held a hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ current budget, which reportedly faces a $2.6 billion shortfall. In a letter to the committee, AHA urged Congress to reject any requests by the department to redirect funding…
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearing on the AHA-supported Protecting Our Infants Act (S.799/H.R. 1462).
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday voted 30-21 to approve legislation that would provide $153 billion in discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies in fiscal year 2016, $3.7 billion less than this year. Among other…
The Senate Appropriations Committee today voted 16-14 to approve legislation that would provide $153.2 billion in discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies in fiscal year 2016, $3.6 billion less than this year.
The House of Representatives today voted 286-138 to approve a Trade Adjustment Assistance bill without extending the sequester on Medicare in 2024 to pay for the bill. The TAA program, which provides federal job-training and other assistance to workers, firms, farmers and communities that have been…
In a letter to the House Veterans Affairs Committee, the AHA June 24 urged Congress to reject any request by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to redirect funding for the Veterans Choice Program to other VA programs. The AHA sent the letter the day before the committee held a hearing on the…